CO129-503-8 Treatment of Asiatic British subjects by French Authorities in Indo-China 30-12-1926 - 20-10-1927 — Page 22

Mr. Clutterbuck

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Mr. E. J. Harding.

Sir C. Strachey

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Sir G. Grindle.

Sir C. Davis.

Sir S/ Wilson.

Mr Ormsby-Gore.

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Sir,

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16 August,1927

With reference to your letter

T/2333/2333/378 of the 10th of March,

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and to previous correspondence, regarding/

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R 15 AUG

Mr. Amery.

enquiries made by the French Consul at

DRAFT

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,

FOREIGN OFFICE.

Hong Kong concerning the legal status

of British subjects of Chinese race,

directed

I am, ete, to invite attention to the

letter from the Home Office, No.506271

of the 28th of July, and to request

that the Secretary of State ay now

be furnished with Secretary Sir Austen

Chamberlain's observations on the

proposed replies.

2.

The first two suggestions made

in the Home Office letter would appear

to be unobjectionable and it is

proposed, subject to Sir Austen

Chamberlain's concurrence, to amend the

draft replies accordingly. The

third suggestion, however, raises

controversial